Arts and Culture

There is more anger, passion and insight to be had in just a few minutes of this show than any number of hours sitting through a James Graham political play

One of the greatest portrait photographers of all time, Halsman was able to easily win the trust of some of the greatest figures in modern cultural and political history

He wrote fantasy, horror and crime, invented music criticism.. and had time for a day job too

The minute details of this recipe help turn the simplest of pleasures into special ones

Mortality was never far away – on the screen and, tragically, in real life – for the immortal Jean-Louis, French cinema’s man for all seasons

Hamburg’s £740m concert hall went wildly over budget – but it is an overwhelming hit with visitors and locals

A record label representing talented musicians with experience of going through the criminal justice system is helping them to make a career out of music

Summer is here and white liberal Britons, having been hypocrites inside for months, take their bad faith al fresco and on tour

It’s all me, me, me as our linguistic expert considers a reader’s complaint about the misuse of pronouns

How Stonehenge helps to explain Britain’s place in the ancient world

The building of circular structures seems to have coincided with the exchange of a nomadic lifestyle for a more settled one

Despite some great performances, narratively there is not much at the heart of this Danish comic drama

None of the characters really break through sufficiently to hold August Wilson's production together and give it any real focus

This sequel to a Henrik Ibsen classic can get overcome with its sense of how clever and novel it is

Ukraine I Miss You (The Magnificent 12) will showcase the images of a dozen Ukrainian photographers and artists

The 1954 West Germany captain will always be remembered for the Miracle of Bern but an earlier game was far more important

Lamb chops are heaven – the ultimate bar snack, the ideal summer food to be enjoyed outside with a bottle of Whispering Angel or Burgundy

The Portuguese capital is fast becoming the go-to place for elite football clubs looking for the world's best young talent

A newly translated novel portrays Europe as a dilapidated hotel that’s wallowing in nostalgia

Once colonised and abandoned, Ireland's capital is buzzy and booming. But whether it is truly European remains unresolved

Sophie Marceau captivated one schoolboy so much he became a Francophile film critic. But what would it be like when they spoke, 40 years later?

A new edition of the closest we got to a David Bowie autobiography lifts a little of the on-stage mask

A pause on the telephone causes our columnist to ruminate on a meltdown in a relatively faraway country

Gear up for five European cycling epics

It is the only East Germanic language we have records of – and we only have those because of an accident of history

A new Spanish Netflix series asks what privacy in the modern age looks like, especially when all too often the little we have gets betrayed

This new take on a Greek tragedy is slow, pretentious and mind-numbingly boring

Hollywood star Amy Adams is the draw in this revival and she's content just to get on with some proper acting for a change

A self-confessed “unleashed exhibitionist, chasing headlines”, Collin Dufresne lived the life but on her terms

’Nduja has become highly uncool in many upscale restaurants, but used well it delivers big flavours and layers

Ukraine's captain, Andriy Yarmolenko, epitomises his team's cause but a play-off against Wales had a sting in the tale

Spine-tingling stories of our relationship with the most perfect format of them all.. the book